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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Corazon De Vida Fundraiser for Casa De Paz (orphanage in Mexico)</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=745</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=745#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gianna</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Service Vacation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This last December, Be the Cause volunteers went on an adventure to Mexico to help out at an orphanage.
First of all, this wasn&#8217;t like some previous service vacations&#8230;where we travelled to South Africa and Sri Lanka&#8230;and got to have a 2nd summer! :) My guess is it was cold&#8230;brrrr. 
I&#8217;ve seen pictures from this service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Delivers</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=734</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=734#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, January 22nd, Be the Cause volunteers in the Houston area dropped off Toiletries and Hygiene items to the Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston program (HHH).  The drive began towards the beginning of December and simply by getting the words out to their friends, putting up boxes around the Baylor College of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the first time volunteering at seva café</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=725</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=725#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rucha</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I had the privilege of being part of the Seva Café in 2007 as a guest. Sadly it was just the one time and that was the last day of Seva Café’s run at the Royal Cup Café. I was disappointed to have discovered that I missed out on months of serving, interacting, being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just an appetizer</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=718</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=718#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is just the appetizer said Virenbhai as he addressed the 20 plus volunteers cramped in the Seva Cafe kitchen.  This is just the beginning.  We must keep moving forward to create more meaningful projects and to continue serving others.  The main dish, he stated, still awaits us.
In that anticipation he lit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seva Cafe Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=716</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=716#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[love notes left by visitors
Seva Cafe,
Thank you for a nourishing and delicious meal.  It&#8217;s a beautiful experiment you have going on here.  I will be back to volunteer and participate.
It touches me that there are kind hearted people who want to simply enjoy the act of caring for others&#8230;
I appreciate, am humbled, enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=712</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=712#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was only two days, but it felt like everyone I met was family.  
We went straight to the temple where I was supposed to talk for an hour and a half on the merits of serving others.  Somehow the words found their way from this neo-cortex, through the microphone, through gas and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Paid</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=709</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=709#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re getting paid to be here? 
Nope
How about the people making the food?
Nope
And the people washing the dishes?
Nope, not them either.
The people serving the meals then?
No, we&#8217;re all volunteers.
You mean to tell me that the people who bought the food earlier today, the folks that did all the prepping, all the folks in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Video from Mexico Service Vacation</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=699</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=699#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Site Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Service Vacation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Service Vacations]]></category>

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		<title>Putting on a Play</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=696</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Site Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Service Vacation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Service Vacation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The volunteers in Mexico helped out with the play the kids were putting on at Casa De Paz.

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		<title>Be the Cause visits Orphanage Casa De Paz orphanage in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=688</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=688#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Site Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Service Vacation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Service Vacation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For 12 BTC volunteers, ending 2008 could not have been done in a better way than visiting the children of the Casa de Paz (House of Peace) orphanage Baja California, Mexico.  Spending four fabulous, action-packed days with 46 children of all ages and developmental abilities taught the BTC team that unconditional love, persistence, frienship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be the Cause volunteers mentioned in the CDV newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=671</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=671#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Be the Cause volunteers made their way to Mexico over the holidays to volunteer at the Casa de Paz Orphanage from December 26 to December 30.  Corazon De Vida, the organization that coordinated the trip, expressed their gratitude to the volunteers in their newsletter:
Gracias por su Ayuda (Thanks for your Help):
Be The Cause for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Beautiful 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=669</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=669#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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Upon leaving the Seva Cafe this week, patrons were handed envelopes containing a five-dollar bill and the following message:
A man there was
They called him mad
The more he gave
The more he had.
- John Bunyan
Happy New Year!
In the spirit of giving, someone has gifted you a $5 bill, with one small request&#8230;
that you use it to spread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words Inscribed @ the Seva Cafe</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=668</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=668#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonali Fiske</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Heartfelt words expressed by guests, left on comment cards at each table:
&#8220;We gave everything we had on our pockets, we love you! Truly.&#8221;
Many thanks - with love from the UK
&#8220;Please share with everyone you meet LOVE. It is so important for us to realize our STRENGTHS and focus on the POSITIVE aspects of LIFE. Let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11/4/08===Voting Cheer!</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=666</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=666#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gianna</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received this beautiful email from a very beautiful spirit&#8212;such a blessed friend. I just wanted to share what she wrote to her buddies&#8230;it is so heartwarming, fun, cheery, loving!!! What she wrote&#8230;
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
Have you gotten out and VOTEd yet?  This is your VOTE patrol!  I had a brilliant idea this morning&#8230;.I VOTEd at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Seva Cafe</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=665</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=665#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seva Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Below are notes left behind at the Oct 26, 2008 and the Nov 2, 2008 Seva Cafe in Long Beach.
We came here and immediately felt the love of everyone in the room&#8230; so warm and full of smiles.  It was my first time here and I will definitely return and I hope I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walk for Hope Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=664</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=664#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sukh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We may post some of these up on our bethecause.org site soon, but for now here are some links to pictures that some photographers took during that day:
Johnny&#8217;s Pics:
http://www.soaringlight.com/albums/wfh08/
Corynne&#8217;s Pics:
http://s412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/CorynnesPics/
Sukh
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		<title>A Powerful Talk by Sukh</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=663</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=663#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.charityfocus.org/docs/music/AGNT/

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		<title>Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=662</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=662#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melisa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Walk for Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first activity station people encountered during the Walk for Hope was the &#8220;Tree of Forgiveness,&#8221; where they could anonymously write messages expressing its meaning on a white ribbon which was then tied to a tree.  The ribbons themselves became the &#8220;leaves&#8221; of that tree.  They were filled with sorrow, joy, relief, hope, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walk For Hope Gratitude &#038; Admiration</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=661</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=661#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Supun</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Be the Cause General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Walk for Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some emails that went out last night. Post your own inspirations as comments, please.
Mighty Super Heroes,
Can I just simply utter: WOW.
Yet another profoundly beautiful Walk For Hope has come &#38; gone&#8230;yet it doesn&#8217;t seem to leave you. It lingers on &#38; plays itself out over &#38; over again in the mind&#8217;s playbook. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7th Annual walk fastly approaching!</title>
		<link>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=660</link>
		<comments>http://www.bethecause.org/blog/?p=660#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gianna</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Walk for Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And I couldn&#8217;t be happier about it! 
The other day we were asked in a group what the Walk for Hope meant to us. I was feeling stunned&#8230;by the many feelings of hope, compassion, inspiration that this walk brings up for me. 
All I could say was: I&#8217;ve been a part of about 4 walks [...]]]></description>
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